Michael Connelly

I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#because #experience #helps #i #i think

I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#confident #control #feel #going #hand

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#books #capture #characters #hollywood #i

I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#art #called #chandler #disciple #essays

That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#else #happen #irony #somebody #stories

The characters I write about are very internal. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#characters #i #i write #internal #very

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#darkness #informs #inspires #into #line

We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#order #seeking

Write every day even if it is just a paragraph. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#even #every #every day #just #paragraph

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#cool #daydream #direct #directing #easier